Argumentative Essay On 'Death With Dignity'
Courtney White
Mrs. Schweitzer
CLN 4U
October 14 2014
Death with Dignity
The right to die is the ethical power of someone who is suffering from an unbearable and permanent sickness, who has no quality of life and chooses to end their life on their own terms often through either suicide or, if necessary, assisted suicide. This issue has sparked a major debate between the government, society and even citizens who are in favour of this issue. Brittany Maynard is a right to die advocate who took her own life due to a large brain tumor. She was 29 years old and it was her own decision to die with dignity. All fatally ill individuals in constant severe pain should have the option of a ending their own life due to the fact that it is their personal …show more content…
They should be able to make their own decisions on whether or not they are going to die with assisted help. Brittany publicized her choice to move to Oregon, so that she could take advantage of the state’s death with dignity law (The Associated Press 1). She wanted to be able to end her life so she moved to the only state in United States where it is legal for a doctor to prescribe a life-ending drug to a terminally ill patient of sound mind who makes the request (The Associated Press). If people have the right to life, they should have the equal opportunity and an option to the right to die. Another reason people should be given the opportunity of right to die is that nobody else should tell you that you have to live. Nobody should decide for someone if they are capable of living or dying. Many others have different opinions due to their moral or religious beliefs, but they should keep them to themselves. Catholics believe as said in the bible, “No man has power over the wind to contain it; so no one has power over the day of his death” (Ecclesiastes 8:8). They believe that God has total power over when and why someone should die and completely disagree when someone tries to get in the way with that (Coleman, GD). When the issue rose with Brittany, many different religions including Catholics did not agree with her way of thinking and
Mrs. Schweitzer
CLN 4U
October 14 2014
Death with Dignity
The right to die is the ethical power of someone who is suffering from an unbearable and permanent sickness, who has no quality of life and chooses to end their life on their own terms often through either suicide or, if necessary, assisted suicide. This issue has sparked a major debate between the government, society and even citizens who are in favour of this issue. Brittany Maynard is a right to die advocate who took her own life due to a large brain tumor. She was 29 years old and it was her own decision to die with dignity. All fatally ill individuals in constant severe pain should have the option of a ending their own life due to the fact that it is their personal …show more content…
They should be able to make their own decisions on whether or not they are going to die with assisted help. Brittany publicized her choice to move to Oregon, so that she could take advantage of the state’s death with dignity law (The Associated Press 1). She wanted to be able to end her life so she moved to the only state in United States where it is legal for a doctor to prescribe a life-ending drug to a terminally ill patient of sound mind who makes the request (The Associated Press). If people have the right to life, they should have the equal opportunity and an option to the right to die. Another reason people should be given the opportunity of right to die is that nobody else should tell you that you have to live. Nobody should decide for someone if they are capable of living or dying. Many others have different opinions due to their moral or religious beliefs, but they should keep them to themselves. Catholics believe as said in the bible, “No man has power over the wind to contain it; so no one has power over the day of his death” (Ecclesiastes 8:8). They believe that God has total power over when and why someone should die and completely disagree when someone tries to get in the way with that (Coleman, GD). When the issue rose with Brittany, many different religions including Catholics did not agree with her way of thinking and